Kangana Ranaut should be slapped, Congress leader KS Alagiri stirs row; actress-BJP MP responds
Chennai/IBNS: Former Tamil Nadu Congress chief KS Alagiri has sparked a row provoking agricultural workers to slap actress-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut, media reports said.
Alagiri said Kangana should face the same fate in Tamil Nadu as she did at the Chandigarh airport last year.
Speaking to ANI, Alagiri said, "Yesterday, 10-15 agriculturists came to me and reported that Kangana Ranaut once told the press about agricultural women that they are working in the feeble lands... One of the reporters asked her that even though those women are working in the fields, they are very prompt and brave, and capable of achieving anything... She (Kangana Ranaut) immediately replied that if given Rs 100, they can come anywhere... I was shocked. Why is this lady, a sitting MP, criticising agricultural ladies? They come from rural India."
"A few months ago, when this lady (Ms Ranaut) went to an airport, a lady police officer slapped her. The police officer said that 'wherever she goes, she abuses everyone and her words are very ugly'. I told the agricultural workers that if she comes to our area, you should do the same thing as the police officer at the airport. Only then will she rectify her mistake," he added.
#WATCH | Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu | Regarding his controversial remark against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut, Congress leader KS Alagiri says, "Yesterday, 10-15 agriculturists came to me and reported that during a press conference, Kangana Ranaut once said about agricultural women that they… pic.twitter.com/lE4X1K1M73
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025
In response, Kangana told the media, "Anyone can visit any place in India. No one can stop me. People who love me are more in number than the ones who hate. People in Tamil Nadu loved me playing J Jayalalithaa."
"An individual's comment doesn't matter," she added.
#WATCH | Kullu, Himachal Pradesh: On Congress leader KS Alagiri's reported remarks on her, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut says, "We can go wherever we want. No one can stop anyone. If there are people who hate me, there are more people who love me. People in Tamil Nadu have always… pic.twitter.com/luJK0OKQnf
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2025
Days after she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi in 2024, Kangana was slapped in Chandigarh airport by a CISF woman security staff when she was on her way to board a flight.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) woman constable in question was identified as Kulwinder Kaur.
Kaur, who was suspended later, said she slapped as a response to Kangana's controversial remark during the farmers' protest.
"My mother was in the protest when she had made the remark," the suspended CISF security official was heard saying.
